2 yrs for UN to say "possible" war crimes #Syria. 2 wks to say 'war crimes' #Israel
#UNloveshamas @EyeOnTheWorld @realclearisrael
— mallen (@mallen2010) July 23, 2014
(Reuters) Israel reacted angrily to accusations by the top human rights official in the United Nations who said that it may have committed war crimes by killing civilians and shelling houses and hospitals during its two-week-old offensive in the Gaza Strip.It took two years for the UN to reluctantly say that maybe a few little war crimes were committed in Syria.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, opening an emergency debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, also condemned the indiscriminate firing of rockets and mortars by Palestinian militants into Israel.
Citing cases Israeli air strikes and shelling hitting houses and hospitals in the coastal enclave, she said: "These are just a few examples where there seems to be a strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes.”
"Every one of these incidents must be properly and independently investigated," Pillay said in some of her strongest comments on the conflict.
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It still doesn't know if firing thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians is a war crime... but they know Israel is guilty.
